Stampin' Up! I {Heart} Hearts is perfect for Monochromatic Friendship Cards

I have been in the craft room a while today (I have a stockpile of cards to show you) but, these two I thought I'd post together, they are from the same stamp set, and colours, so why not hey?

 

Ok... So, these are made using the I Heart Hearts stamp set, from Stampin' Up! I was given this set from a good friend, and love using it because of this. I have a used monochromatic colour scheme for both, using Real Red and Poppy Parade with Whisper White. The first card was made using masking, and is a one layer card, with a sentiment from Well Scripted (which is retired *sad face*) The second, I have used my circle scissors to cut a circle and mounted it using mounting tape, the hearts have been stamped and fussy cut out to "pop" them. I have used a Real Red ribbon and a retired button.
I am entering both cards into Less Is More Monochromatic Challenge and just the second card into Hand Stamped Sentiments which is Paper Piecing.
I also wanted to share with my blog readers that my sister has had her baby, almost a week ago now. She had a very healthy little girl on Sunday last week. They named her Brianna Regina, and she is absolutely gorgeous!

This is Brianna with her older brother Samuel and their "Grumpy" which is what they call my dad, their grandpa. She weighed in at 8lb 9oz. 

Anyway, I'm sure I'll be back again tomorrow, to share some of the other cards I have been making, until then, Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up! Elements of Style and I create Monochromatic Birthday Cards

Hi Guys! I have been playing with Elements of Style again today. I absolutely love this stamp set, and can't believe I waited so long to get it!

I made this quite quickly, I masked off the plain area using some scrap paper, scored it using my Scor Pal and then stamped the base section using the flowers from Elements of Style. I have gone for a monochromatic colour scheme on this one, using Night of Navy. I have then stamped a sentiment from Well Scripted which is sadly retired. I have then stamped the hummingbird from Elements of style in Bashful  Blue, this has been cut out using the Decorative Label Punch in Night of Navy and Very Vanilla. I have popped some Night of Navy Ribbon on the card and tied a bow with some non- Stampin' Up! Seam Binding, and three little pearls in the bottom right hand corner finish this card off. 

I am entering this into two different challenges, the first is the Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger, and the second is Card Patterns Sketch 117.

Until Next Time, Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up! Easter Blooms and I create a Mothers Day Card

Last night, before bed, I was itching to make one last card.... So, I headed in with the intention of making a Mothers Day Card for my mum

My mum loves all things Japanese, including the cherry blossoms (sakura 桜).  So, I used the retired Stampin' Up! Set, Easter Blooms with my Stampin' Write Markers (in Rose Red and Chocolate Chip). I coloured directly on to the stamp, and then stamped on to the base cardstock, then without re-inking, I stamped it again a below, to give the impression that there were branches behind the first one.  

I then put a little bit of glue on some of the flowers, and a little on the main branch, I then sprinkled some super fine silver glitter on top. I don't know that you can see that in the picture above.... I then got out my Well Scripted stamp set (one of my favourites) which is also retired, and stamped Love You Much in Chocolate Chip ink in the bottom right hand corner to finish off this card. 

I am entering this card into the Less is More challenge for week 12's Off-Centre recipe. I am really happy that I am improving on my one layer cards, and I happily made this a one layer card without much thought... 

I am also entering this into the Hand Stamped Sentiments, Mothers Day challenge

Until next time, 

Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up! Sense Of Time makes Wonderful Male Cards

I have been patiently waiting Kim uploading the cards from our craft day last week, but now that she has started, I want to show you some of the cards I made. We found we work best issuing colour or stamp challenges to each other, as we both have a similar card style... It is always really interesting to see the differences in card while using the exact same ingredients... well, here is my card

The colour challenge for this one was Early Espresso, Night of Navy, Crumb Cake and Soft Suede. I have used the Sense of Time stamp and the sentiment is from Well Scripted. The ribbon is non-su, and the shape next to the clock, is a not yet released SU! item... come back on the 1st to find out the details on it... 

Check out Kim's version of this colour combo/stamp set here

Don't forget, that you only have 16 days to get your hands on the beautiful Well Scripted set, for more info, call me on 0405 173 237 or send me an email

Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up! Well Scripted makes Elegant Mothers Day Cards

Hi All,
Back again with another Mothers day card to share with you

Now, I made this card for a few challenges.... The Less is More Pastel Challenge, which was a difficult one for me... And also, for The ABC pink challenge. I'm not entirely happy with this, but I think it's because I think it looks unfinished... I used a retired SU! stamp I bought about 2 years ago (maybe 3) and the sentiment is from my favourite Summer Mini Catalogue Stamp Set, Well Scripted. If you want anything out of the Summer Mini Catalogue, you only have 25 days to get your hands on it, so shoot me an email or give me a call on 0405 173 237.

Happy Stamping!

Stampin' Up Sale-a-bration Stamp set Bliss

Recently, I have started doing more and more clean and simple cards, so the discovery of the Less is More challenge has been a god-send! I love clean and simple stamping, and with the Mothers Day cards for the Troops drive, the simpler the better, as I can set up a production line to create the maximum amount of cards in the smallest amount of time as possible...

I created another two this evening using the Less is More latest challenge, which is a theme challenge - SPRING. Spring to me is new flowers, and Mothers Day. These cards use the Sale-a-bration stamp set Bliss, which has to be my favourite Sale-a-bration set. I love the butterfly and damask in the set, but this is the first time I've used this little flower. It reminds me of a cherry blossom, especially the lighter of the two....

I will be participating in this challenge again, I'm sure.. So, head over, and have a look at the other entries (there are some amazing artists participating in these challenges!) 

Happy Stamping Guys!

Owl Valentine Card

My house mate and I are going to be each others Valentine this year.... we're both single, and with no dates for either of us, we decided it would be ok to be each others...
Here is the card I made for him

I didn't want anything over the top lovey-dovey.... as we are best friends, and it would be a little odd... 

I'm entering this in a few challenges the sketch challenge at Inkspirations Challenges

The Just Add Ink - Just Add Love Challenge.

Have fun, and thanks for checking in!